This being the 20th Anniversary Edition of Madden they decided to use the only player old enough to have appeared in them all.

In an effort to break the Madden Curse they used someone who couldn’t possibly get injured this season, tempting fate to break Favre’s leg in a tractor accident on his farm.

Alternately, maybe someone at EA just doesn’t like new Packers starter Aaron Rodgers and hope the curse jumps to him.

Or maybe they hate the Packers and want the fans to remember who’s not under center anymore.

Let’s be honest, after all the offseasons of the will-he-or-won’t-he retirement speculation it’s hard for us all to believe he actually made a decision. I bet they expect him to change his mind and keep playing.

That was the plan all along, it explains why Madden isn’t doing in-game play by play anymore. Stay tuned for Favre NFL 2010.